stiacciaton.
Sculpture.
Very low relief. In full stiacciato-relievo or relievo stiacciato. Also attributive.
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low relief1713
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stiacciato1862
1862 J. C. Robinson Ital. Sculpture of Middle Ages 26 To him [sc. Donatello] is..due the invention of that..method of low relief, which is often..called the ‘Donatello style’... the ancient Florentine writers on art designated this style ‘relievo stiacciato’, (flattened relief)..but..it has become obsolete even in Italy.
1899 R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament 51 Donatello also carried the art of low flat relief called ‘Stiacciato’ to the greatest perfection.
1940 Burlington Mag. Mar. 76/1 The design of the buildings in lowest relief in the background is hardly imaginable without the precedent of Donatello's stiacciato reliefs.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. i. 8 Flat relief, stiacciato-relievo, is the lowest possible true relief. In this form, the effects are achieved by means of contour outlines and finely incised lines. The projection is very slight and there are no undercuts in this type of relief.
1957 H. W. Janson Sculpture of Donatello II. 31/1 A schiacciato panel ‘reads’ more like a picture than like a conventional relief.
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